April 13, 2015

It would also make a great birthday card and will be great for many other occasions!

I have a tutorial at the bottom of this post that will show you two possible ways to cut the basket.

The top picture below is what the card stock looks like after you cut out the Berry Basket.

The middle picture shows that I have cut it in half.

The middle picture on the left will have the extra c/s folded under and will look like the Berry Basket on the lower left.

The middle picture on the right shows that I have cut off the extra c/s and can now place it as far up or down as I would like on the back of the basket. I can have more or less white showing at the bottom of the basket.

My basket is made like the example on the middle right. I did NOT fold the extra c/s under.

Now for the flowers.

The pink flowers are stamped in Pink Pirouette. The accent on the top pink flower is inked with Strawberry Slush, which is a little less harsh than Melon Mambo.

The Yellow flower is all So Saffron.

The Blue flower is stamped with Pool Party. The accent is inked with Pacific Point that has been stamped off one time.

The leaf background is inked with Wild Wasabi stamped off one time. The vines are inked withWild Wasabi straight.

The background for the greeting is stamped in Pink Pirouette and the "Just for you" is stamped in Strawberry Slush.

All three flowers are mounted with dimensionals.

Stock up on anything that you need to make this beautiful Berry Basket card for Mother's Day!

March 02, 2015

I saw this idea last September when I was at the Stampin' Up! Founder's Circle get together.

There was no name on the idea so I don't know who to give credit to.

I just love how simple and cute this idea is. (Hostess set in the Occasions Catalog)

I decided yesterday to use one of the greetings that is in the set and it's really nice.

One note for you: Lay the card down on a piece of grid paper so that you can get the Washi Tape down straight the first time! In my experience, Washi Tape doesn't stick when once it has been pulled up.

Oops! I forgot to add the 131527 20 Note Cards and Envelopes below.

Also I used a Tempting Turquoise marker, but you cannot buy that individually. It comes in the Brights Sets of markers (131259).

February 25, 2015

One of my roommates received a trade at Leadership in Orlando that used the little goat looking out from the barn door. So I had fun embellishing the idea. I added the haymow, the roof, the bird, the retired woodgrain stamp and the woodgrain folder, and changed the barn to Cherry Cobber.

I am thinking that there are a lot of other occasions where this would be a nice gift. An anniversary? Mother's Day? Birthday?

Tracey found the frame on amazon.com. The frame is 4"x 4" with a 1" border. (Gallery Collection) by Rustic and Refined Design. The outside of the frame is 5 3/8" sq. The front opening is 3 1/2" sq. and the back opening is 4" sq.

There is a little wooden dowel that fits into the back of the frame to hold it up.

Notes:

The hearts are mounted onto the white card stock with a dimensional.

The ribbon and button are from the Best Year Ever Accessory Pack (Free with a Sale-a-bration $50 order)

January 16, 2015

I have used a very easy sponging technique here to fill up the white spaces.

Notes:

The finished size of this card is 5"x 3 1/2". I used the Note Cards & Envelopes. The cards are already prescored and come with envelopes to match.

I cut away a smidgeon less than 1/2" off the bottom front of the card. I wanted just enough so that the Butterfly Basics stamp would show.

Take the Soft Sky Butterfly. Turn it over. Use a stamping sponge to sponge through the openings to create the background. Move the butterfly around to add as much or as little filler as you would like.

I used the Silver Metallic Pad but did not emboss.

You could also just put pearls in the center of the butterfly

The inside looks like this. You can leave out the Razzleberry fingerprint on the left!

This could just as easily be a thinking of you card or a thank you card